Rein-holder



(No Model.)

S. .G. BOND. RBIN HOLDER.

Patented Sept. 30, 1890.

ATTOR/V-EYS ,1 UNITED STATES i PATENT OFFlCE.

SHERMAN e; BOND, or WESTERVILL'E, NEBRASKA.

RElN-l-lOLDER.

SPECTFICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,560,.dated September 30,1890; Application filed July 19, 1890.' Serial No. 359,316. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

of Westerville, in the county of Custer and State of Nebraska, have invented anew and Improved Rein-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in rein-holders, and is adapted to hold the drivingmeins when they are not in use. The usual way of holding the reins when not driving is to thrust them through or hang them upon the saddle-terret; but owing to the movements of the horse they are very likely to drop irom the terret and get beneath the horses eet.

The object of my invention is to obviate this difficulty by providing a simple and durable rein-holder, in which the reins may be instantly placed or released, and which will securely hold the reins.

To this end my invention consists in a holder made of spring-wire and adapted to be attachedto the saddle-pad and to a terret. This construction will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is abroken rear elevationlof a saddle provided with a rein-holder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail plan view of the rein-holder, and Fig. 3 is an end view of the same.

The saddle A is of the usual construction, having the ordinary back-pad B attached thereto, and having the terrets O and tugstraps E. The rein-holder D is made of spring-wire and may be attached to a saddle of any form.

To form the holder, the wire composing it is doubled around the rivet d at the point e, and the two members of the wire extend laterally from the rivet d, and are spread horizontally to form the loop f, adapted to be held by the pad-screw b. The members are then united, twisted together, and bent upwardly at right angles to the loop f to form the standard g. The members g are then bent or doubled over and extend diagonally to the end of the rein-holder, and said members are bent upwardly to form the standards It on opposite Be it known that I, SHERMAN GRANT BOND, 1

sides of the rein-holder. The members then extend horizontally across the end of the rein-holder, as at h, and are bent or doubled under to form the hooks 2', adapted to engage the tug-strap E. The wire is then doubled upon itself, and the members z" extend diagonally to the point Z when they are bent upwardly and doubled around the rivet CZ. They are then twisted together and extend laterally from the rivet d opposite the main body of the rein-holder, and are formed into 'the hook j. The wire is doubled in such a manner that two parallel members j extend from the rivet d above the lower portion of the rein-holder, the said members being doubled upwardly at the points and the members are doubled at a point between the standardg and the standards h to form the slot k. The

soas to extend at' right angles with the slot is, when theyare again separated and formed into a loop Z, which is bent upwardly, and the members are again united'and twisted, as at Z, and the terminal ends of the members are bent, as at m, so as to extend horizontally above the slot k. A wedge-shaped piece of rubber or other suitable material n is inserted in the slot Z0 to hold the parts in position, and the horizontal terminal portions m of the members will-thus serve to hold the wedge in place.

To fasten the rein-holder to a saddle, the loop f is engaged by the pad-screw b,thehook j is hooked around the neck of one of the terrets G, and the hooks 'i are clasped upon opposite sides of the tug-strap E. The standard g will thus extend at right angles to the saddle near the central portion of the rein-holder, and the standards hwill proj ect outwardly from the saddle at the lower corners of the rein-holders, and the members 3', extending as they do from a coil around the rivet cZ, will naturally swing downward, so that the wedge n will project normally between the standard 9 and the standards h.

To hang the reins upon the rein-holder, the reins are merely looped together, the upper portion of the rein-holder is raised by means of the loop Z, which serves as a handle, and the reins are hooked over the standard 9, so as to hang between the standards h, which thus serve as guides for the reins, and upon releasing the handle or loopZ the wedge n will press downward upon the reins, thus securely holding them in position. The position of the reins when hung in the rein-holder is clearly indicated by the dotted lines in, Fig. 2.

To release the rein-holderfrom the saddle, the standards it are pushed together, thus forcing the hooks 'i apart, and from beneath the tug-strap E the-loop f is released from the screw 1), and the hook j from the terret C.

When used upon a double harness, the reinholder should be attached in such a manner that it will be upon the outer side of one of the horses-that is, it should be on the near side of the near horse or upon the ofi side of the off horse.

It will be noticed that by having the wire composing the rein-holder wound upon the rivet-d, as described, the rein-holder will be formed of two spring members, the rivet d and the loop around the rivet forming the hinge by which said members are hinged together.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the reins may be quickly hung in the rein-holder, and that they may be removed by simply lifting the loop land raising them from. the standard g.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. As an improved article of manufacture, a rein-holder composed of spring-wire adapted to be attached to a harness-pad, said holder having at one end a hook to engage asa-ddlevterret and at the opposite end upwardly-extending parallel standards, a central standard extending at right angles to the saddle, and spring members adapted to press down ward between the central standards and the 'end standards, substantially as described.

2. A rein-holder composed of. two spring members hinged together and provided with a laterally-extending hook adapted to engage 5 a saddle-terret, one of said members having a central standard and parallel standards at at the end and the other of said members extending above the lower member and having its end extending downward between the central standard and the end standards, substantially as described.

3. A rein-holder consisting of two members formed of spring-Wire, said wire being coiled about a rivet and formedinto a hook extending at right angles to the same, the lower of said members having a central standard and opposite parallel-standards at one end and the upper of said members extending above' the lower member and having its free end provided with a wedge extending downward between the central standard and the end standards of the lower member, substantially as described.

4. A rein-holder formed of spring-wire and composed of twospring members united and coiled around a rivet and formed into ahook extending at right angles to the rivet, the lower of said members having a loop for attachment to the saddle, a central standard, opposite parallel end standards, and springhooks adjacent to the end standards and adapted to engage the tug-strap of the saddle, and the upper of said members having a slot therein carrying awedge extending downward between the central standard and the end standards of the lower member, and having also a suitable handle, substantially as described.

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